Well I am still mostly gluten free, and I always notice a difference when I eat gluten, but there are those times around the holidays when one must try different things to feel somewhat connected to the rest of the dietary world.  So my holidays baking commenced and there was a lot of flour going around in the kitchen. Luckily that part of my life is over, for now, and I am back to my habits of eating well and feeling good.  But one must every now and then gander in those unknown territories, of “Will this hurt me later?”  or “I know this doesn’t agree with me, but it taste’s soooo darn good”.

One favorite recipe, which I stumbled onto because I had some lemons laying around, is a spin on Russian Tea Cakes, and this recipe uses lemon and almonds instead of the usual vanilla and walnuts.  But, I must say, they are dangerously good, and absolutely scrumptious with coffee.  Oh my!  I am feeling love sick as I write.